The Way Out. Luke Fowler and Kosten Koper (2003)
Biography/CV
Luke Fowler born 1978, Glasgow. He currently lives and works in Glasgow.
Education
BA (Hons) Fine Art (Printmaking), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Solo show, Sepentine Gallery, London
2008
Solo show, Kunsthalle Zurich
2007
Extra City, Antwerp
The Rec. Space, (Esther Schipper), Berlin
2006
The Nine Monads Of David Bell, Villa Concordia, Bamberg
Pilgrimage From Scattered Points, White Columns, New Yor
k Pilgrimage From Scattered Points, The Modern Institute/ Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
2004
Fowler/Koper, Supportico Lopez, Naples
Video and Sound Works, TART, San Francisco
2003
The Way Out, (with Kosten Koper and Jacob Kolding), Cubitt Gallery, London
What You See Is Where You’re At, Spacex, Exeter
2001
UTO: The Technology of Tears, Casco Project Space, Utrecht, Holland
2000
How Did You Get This Number?, Generator Projects, Dundee
The Social Engineer, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2008
The Room, Tate Modern, London
Open Field, CCA, Glasgow
Kill Your Timid Notion, DCA, Dundee
Yokohama Triennale, Japan
Residency at Grierson Archive, Stirlng
Three Blows, St. Celia Hall, Edinburgh
Sonar2008, Barcelona
KVIFF, Prague International Film Festival
Scottish Shorts Showcase, Edinburgh Film Festival
The Long Weekend, Tate Modern, London
Now Showing, New Film and Video from The Arts Council Collection, various venues
Film programm, Kunstverein Dusseldorf, Germany
Present, H.P. Garcia Gallery, New York
Short film program, Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada
Courtisane Festival, Arts Centre Vooruit & Sphinx Cinema, Ghent
Pop! goes the weasel, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Nine Monads Installation and screenings, International Film Festival, Rotterdam
The DIY Show, High St, Glasgow
Permanent vs Temporary, Abbeyview Community Centre, Dunfermline
Bogman Palmjaguar, Transmission, Glasgow
2007
a passable door for a movable passer, (with Charlie Hammond), 52 Buccleuch Street, Glasgow
Videomedeja 2007, Museum of Voivodina, Novi Sad
EASTinternational 2007, Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art & Design, Norwich
REC.OLLECTION, Esther Schipper, Berlin
Organizing Chaos, PS1, New York
You Have Not Been Honest, (British Council touring exhibition), Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples
Prague Biennale 3, Prague
Lost & Found, Shedhalle, Zurich
Harry Smith Anthology Remixed, Alt. Gallery, Newcastle
Saturn Falling, Corridor Gallery, Reykjavik
Whenever It Starts It Is The Right Time, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Fantastic Politics: Art in Time of Political Crisis, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
What You See Is Where You’re At, The Way Out, Pilgrimage From Scattered Points, in Widening Horizon, Pleasure Dome, Toronto
Pilgrimage From Scattered Points, in Never Still: Map Magazine presents new artists’ film, CCA, Glasgow
Pilgrimage From Scattered Points, in Twilight Adventures in Music, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2006
Normalisering, Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art, Malmö
Tate Triennial: New British Art, Tate Britain, London
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield
Avanto Festival, Muu Galleria, Helsinki, Finland
The Way Out and Pilgrimage From Scattered Points, in Adventures in Modern Music, The Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago
Pilgrimage From Scattered Points, in State of Innocence, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2005
Beck’s Futures, (nominee), ICA, London; CCA, Glasgow
Anti-Literature, Barcelona, Spain
Re-Escape, Hamburg, Germany
2004
Moderna by night, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Past Imperfect, Casco Projects, Utrecht
Vis-onic, Belfast/Derry International A/V festival, N. Ireland
What You See Is Where You’re At, in Anti-Psychiatry Film Festival, Nova Cinema, Brussels
2003
Be Dear Crazy Loud, (performance by Fowler, P6, Sue Tompkins), Flourish Nights, Glasgow
The Moment of Fiction, Cooper Gallery, Dundee
Attachments, Bootlab, Berlin, Germany
ZENOMAP – New Works from Scotland for the Venice Biennale, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice
Electric Earth, (British Council touring exhibition), Saint Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Hard To Touch The Real, Kunstverein Munchen, Germany
Art Remixing Culture, Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Zealand
It doesn’t matter what you know because this is real life, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
What You See Is Where You’re At and The Way Out, Art|34|Basel, Basel
2002
Art is like Rock’n’Roll…, Kent Institute of Art & Design, Rochester, UK
Fluxus und die Folgen, Internationales Netzwerk, Wiesbaden, Germany
Manifesta 4, Frankfurt
FAIR, Royal College of Art, London
2000
Cinilingus, (Documentary Film Festival), Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
Reconntres Video, (Video Art/Film Festival), Annecy, France
Beyond, Main Gallery, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland
Me We, Project Space, Athens, Greece
Curated Projects
2005
Le Weekend Festival, (with Rude Pravo), Stirling, Scotland
L’ombre Hyperbole, (film by Lucile Desamory, soundtrack by Rude Pravo), Project Rooms, Glasgow
2003
Outsider Documentary, (curated with D. Campbell), Frankfurt Kunstverein, Frankfurt
2002
METALLIC KO, NIFCA, Helsinki
2001
Electric City, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
2000
Lecture and performance by Scanner, Transmission, 13th Note Club, Glasgow
1999
Accelerated Learning, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
Publications, Editions and Recordings
2009
Luke Fowler catalogue with Serpentine/Kunsthalle Zurich and Shadazz 07 - Lee Patterson, Seven Vignettes (CD), Shadazz 08 - Daniel Padden and Sarah Kenchington - The Bellow Switch (CD) and Shadazz 09- Django Django Love's Dart/Storm 7inch vinyl
2005
SHADAZZ 06, Danny Saunders, Gold, (7” Vinyl)
SHADAZZ 05, Rude Pravo, the dust is flying, (7” vinyl)
Remixed Water, (with Daniel Padden, CD), Lawrence Weiner Bookworks project
2004
Shorn off his nipples he dances like a King, (CDR with Ergo Phizmiz; Alex Neilson)
2002
Gemeinschaften, (with Finger), Newsletter for Contemporary Cultural Phenomena
SHADAZZ 04, Evil Eye Is Source, VHS compilation, (artists/ bands)
2001
SHADAZZ 03, Insert for Casco Issues, Holland, (artists’ project + CD release)
SHADAZZ 02, The Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds, (CD release)
2000
SHADAZZ 01, The Scottish Demo Collective, (fanzine + CD release)
Residencies, Commissions and Awards
2008
LUX Artists Associates Programme
Derek Jarman Award
2006-2007
Residency: Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg, Germany
2005
Residency:Kenchington/ Gilbert Scott, Balfron, Scotland
2004
Donald Dewar Prize
2002
Residency: NIFCA, Helsinki
1999
Residency: Hogschule fur de Kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands
